Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

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That's an old link - I wouldn't consider this page as proof that MSFT Engineers have "vetted the product" or its fitness for a particular purpose. Yes, it works enough for it not to be called a complete scam and it doesn't crash Azure.

I posted that link in my review.

In the end - it's relatively impressive what Sphere has managed to do. Windows containers will not be released until Q3 this year, so they've beaten MSFT in that respect. Though the extent to which we can call them containers is dubious. I cannot perform a thorough technical analysis but it seems they have hacked the Windows shell / user profile service most likely via WinAPI to achieve results similar to containerization. I'm not sure how the rest of the Glassware stack works with regards to multiple operating systems.

Either way, I'm not convinced that their version of Glassware on Azure will have a lot of traction yet. Though there is definitely a huge need for the services they claim to be able to provide.

Ps. any updates from the Sphere guy?

Also! If any of you want to test it out PM me and I'll shoot you the server info so you can connect and test out. (I have a low-tier paid VM setup)